Helvetia is a national personification of Switzerland, officially Confoederatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation.
Standing Helvetia on obverse of a Swiss 2-franc coin
A Swiss five-franc coin with the Latin inscription Confœderatio Helvetica
Helvetia (right) with "Geneva" (monument in Geneva)
Helvetia auf Reisen ("Helvetia on her travels"), statue in Basel
A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda.
Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I. The two animals, the Bald eagle and the Barbary lion, are also national personifications of the two countries.
The Liberty of Oudiné in memory of the Argentine centenary of the May Revolution (1810-1910).
An early example of national personification in a gospel book dated 990: Sclavinia, Germania, Gallia, and Roma, bringing offerings to Emperor Otto III.
Italia und Germania (1828) by Johann Friedrich Overbeck.